the falling leaves
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- THE FALLING LEAVES
- context
- the author
- a feminist and atheist pacifist and socialist
- pacifist during the first world war
- She campaigned against the policy of conscription
- a feminist and atheist pacifist and socialist
- subject matter
- woman's response
- When it began in July 1914, the war was very popular with the British
public.
- when the falling leaves was written many thousands of soldiers were dying for the sake of a few metres territory
- When it began in July 1914, the war was very popular with the British
public.
- woman's response
- the author
- form and structure
- form
- alternate line lengths 6,10.6,10,6,10 (syllables)
- strict rhyme scheme of groups of three
- structure
- built on a series of contrasts
- alternate line lengths 6,10.6,10,6,10 (syllables)
- short and long lines
- contrast in beginning and end of poem
- first half
- Cole sets up gentle contrasts between the rider and the leaves, then the leaves and snowflakes.
- second half
- the poem is more angry, with contrasts between the poet and the dying soldiers, then the soldiers and the snowflakes.
- first half
- built on a series of contrasts
- form
- LANGUAGE AND IMAGERY
- sound
- careful rhyme scheme
- expresses calm control
- first half = soft rhymes
- first half
- Cole sets up gentle contrasts between the rider and the leaves, then the leaves and snowflakes.
- first half
- In the second half of the poem, however, the rhymes are stronger and the sounds more aggressive.
- final rhyme is softer but sounds like death
- repetition of ing sound
- continuous verbs
- soliders continue to die while she is out for a quiet ride on a still afternoon
- huge numbers, unseen and unheard hundreds of miles away.
- soliders continue to die while she is out for a quiet ride on a still afternoon
- continuous verbs
- careful rhyme scheme
- imagery
- line 6 contrasts imagery with total destruction
- poet starts to use biblical imagery e.g. line 10
- emotion is expressed using contrast
- violent imagery
- sad reality of what is happening
- violent imagery
- men are now rotting like leaves
- sad reality of what is happening
- sad reality of what is happening
- sound
- attitudes themes and ideas
- provides an interesting female point of view
- most war poetry written by men in war
- tends to focus on violent action or death
- expresses feelings of someone who is not on the battlefield but still feels the loss it brings
- most war poetry written by men in war
- contrast
- between the quiet normal everyday life of the poet
- collision between lives/ideas
- tightly mirrored by tightly structured form
- expressing outward calm and inner turmoil
- turmoil expressed through alternating line lenghts
- expressing outward calm and inner turmoil
- tightly mirrored by tightly structured form
- collision between lives/ideas
- violent realities of war
- collision between lives/ideas
- tightly mirrored by tightly structured form
- expressing outward calm and inner turmoil
- turmoil expressed through alternating line lenghts
- expressing outward calm and inner turmoil
- tightly mirrored by tightly structured form
- collision between lives/ideas
- between the quiet normal everyday life of the poet
- poet sees the war in perspecitive
- from a distance (thousands of miles away)
- sees thousands of bodies returning not death of an individual friend
- provides an interesting female point of view
- context
- When it began in July 1914, the war was very popular with the British
public.
- when the falling leaves was written many thousands of soldiers were dying for the sake of a few metres territory
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